2025 New Jersey General Assembly election explained

The 2025 New Jersey General Assembly election will be held on November 4, 2025. New Jersey voters will elect two Assembly members in all of the state's legislative districts for a two-year term to the New Jersey General Assembly.^[1] Democrats have held a majority in the chamber since 2002, and further expanded their majority in 2023 by 6 seats.

Incumbents not running for re-election

Republican

Results

Overview

Parties	Candidates	Seats	Popular vote
align=center	2023	align=center	2025	align=center	+/-	align=center	Strength	align=center	Vote	align=center	%	align=center	Change
	Democratic	align=right	TBD	align=right	52	align=right	TBD	align=right		align=right	N/A	align=right	N/A	align=right	N/A	align=right	TBD
	Republican	align=right	TBD	align=right	28	align=right	TBD	align=right		align=right	N/A	align=right	N/A	align=right	N/A	align=right	TBD
	Independent	align=right	TBD	align=right	4	align=right	TBD	align=right		align=right	N/A	align=right	N/A	align=right	N/A	align=right	TBD
align=center colspan="2"	Total	align=center	TBD	align=center	80	align=center	80	align=center		align=center	100.00%	align=center	TBD	align=center	100.00%	align=center
align=left colspan="2"	Ballots Cast						align=right	TBD	align=right	100%	align=right
align=left colspan="2"	Turnout						align=right	N/A	align=right	N/A	align=right
align=left colspan="2"	Registered						align=right	N/A	align=right	100%	align=right

By State Legislative District

Legislative District[2]	Incumbent	Party		Elected Assembly Member	Outcome
District 1	Antwan McClellan		Rep
	Erik Simonsen		Rep
District 2	Don Guardian		Rep
	Claire Swift		Rep
District 3	Dave Bailey Jr.		Dem
	Heather Simmons		Dem
District 4	Dan Hutchison		Dem
	Cody Miller		Dem
District 5	William Spearman		Dem
	Bill Moen		Dem
District 6	Louis Greenwald		Dem
	Pamela Rosen Lampitt		Dem
District 7	Herb Conaway		Dem
	Carol A. Murphy		Dem
District 8	Michael Torrissi		Rep
	Andrea Katz		Dem
District 9	Brian E. Rumpf		Rep
	Greg Myhre		Rep
District 10	Gregory P. McGuckin		Rep
	Paul Kanitra		Rep
District 11	Margie Donlon		Dem
	Luanne Peterpaul		Dem
District 12	Robert D. Clifton		Rep
	Alex Sauickie		Rep
District 13	Gerard Scharfenberger		Rep
	Vicky Flynn		Rep
District 14	Wayne DeAngelo		Dem
	Tennille McCoy		Dem
District 15	Verlina Reynolds-Jackson		Dem
	Anthony Verrelli		Dem
District 16	Roy Freiman		Dem
	Mitchelle Drulis		Dem
District 17	Kevin Egan		Dem
	Joseph Danielsen		Dem
District 18	Robert Karabinchak		Dem
	Sterley Stanley		Dem
District 19	Craig Coughlin		Dem
	Yvonne Lopez		Dem
District 20	Annette Quijano		Dem
	Reginald Atkins		Dem
District 21	Nancy Munoz		Rep
	Michele Matsikoudis		Rep
District 22	James J. Kennedy		Dem
	Linda S. Carter		Dem
District 23	Erik Peterson		Rep
	John DiMaio		Rep
District 24	Dawn Fantasia		Rep
	Mike Inganamort		Rep
District 25	Aura Dunn		Rep
	Christian Barranco		Rep
District 26	Jay Webber		Rep
	Brian Bergen		Rep
District 27	Rosy Bagolie		Dem
	Alixon Collazos-Gill		Dem
District 28	Garnet Hall		Dem
	Cleopatra Tucker		Dem
District 29	Eliana Pintor Marin		Dem
	Shanique Speight		Dem
District 30	Sean T. Kean		Rep
	Avi Schnall		Dem
District 31	Barbara McCann Stamato		Dem
	William Sampson		Dem
District 32	John Allen		Dem
	Jessica Ramirez		Dem
District 33	Julio Marenco		Dem
	Gabe Rodriguez		Dem
District 34	Carmen Morales		Dem
	Michael Venezia		Dem
District 35	Shavonda E. Sumter		Dem
	Benjie E. Wimberly		Dem
District 36	Gary Schaer		Dem
	Clinton Calabrese		Dem
District 37	Shama Haider		Dem
	Ellen Park		Dem
District 38	Lisa Swain		Dem
	Chris Tully		Dem
District 39	Robert Auth		Rep
	John Azzariti		Rep
District 40	Al Barlas		Rep
	Christopher DePhillips		Rep

District 1

See also: New Jersey's 1st legislative district.

Democratic primary

District 2

See also: New Jersey's 2nd legislative district.

Republican primary

Potential

• Don Guardian, incumbent Assemblymember
• Claire Swift, incumbent Assemblymember

Democratic primary

Declared

• Lisa Bonanno, Linwood school board member^[3]
• Bruce Weekes, former Atlantic City Councilmember^[4]

Endorsements

District 3

See also: New Jersey's 3rd legislative district.

Republican primary

District 4

See also: New Jersey's 4th legislative district.

Democratic primary

Declared

• Brian Everett, assistant dean of Rutgers University–Camden^[5]
• Vonetta Hawkins, activist^[4]

Potential

• Dan Hutchison, incumbent Assemblymember
• Cody Miller, incumbent Assemblymember

Endorsements

Republican primary

District 5

See also: New Jersey's 5th legislative district.

Democratic primary

Declared

• Rashan Prailow, non-profit executive^[5]

Potential

• William F. Moen Jr., incumbent Assemblymember
• William Spearman, incumbent Assemblymember

Endorsements

Republican primary

District 6

See also: New Jersey's 6th legislative district.

Democratic primary

Declared

• Rebecca Holloway, former Clementon school board member^[3]
• Kevin Ryan, data analyst^[3]

Potential

• Melinda Kane, Camden County Commissioner^[6]
• Louis Greenwald, incumbent Assemblymember

Endorsements

Republican primary

District 7

See also: New Jersey's 7th legislative district.

Democratic primary

Declared

• Nicole Gillespie, Mayor of Moorestown (2020–present)^[7]
• Balvir Singh, Burlington County Commissioner (2018–present)^[8]

Announcement pending

• Carol A. Murphy, incumbent Assemblymember^[9]

Potential

• Tiffani Worthy, Willingboro Township Councilmember^[8]

Declined

• Daniel O’Connell, Burlington County Commissioner (2019–present) (running to fill the remaining term of Herb Conaway but pledged not to run for a full term)^[9]

Special replacement convention

Incumbent Assemblyman Herb Conaway will be resigning in order to take his seat in Congress, after winning his election in the 3rd congressional district in 2024.^[10] Under the state constitution, vacancies must be filled within 35 days by the members of the county committee of the political party that the outgoing member was apart of.^[11]

Declared

• Daniel O'Connell, Burlington County Commissioner (2019–present)^[9]
• Balvir Singh, Burlington County Commissioner (2018–present) (also running for full term)^[12]

Declined

• Nicole Gillespie, Mayor of Moorestown (2020–present) (running for full term, endorsed O'Connell)^[13]

Endorsements

Republican primary

District 8

See also: New Jersey's 8th legislative district.

Republican primary

Declared

• Brandon Umba, former Assemblymember (2022–2024)^[14]

Potential

• Michael Torrissi, incumbent Assemblymember

Democratic primary

Declared

• Anthony Angelozzi, President of the Hammonton Education Association and candidate for this seat in 2023^[14]
• Eddie Freeman, Evesham Councilmember^[14]

Potential

• Andrea Katz, incumbent Assemblymember^[14]

Endorsements

District 9

See also: New Jersey's 9th legislative district.

Democratic primary

Declared

• Rosalee Keech, former Montville Democratic Chair^[4]

Endorsements

District 10

See also: New Jersey's 10th legislative district.

Democratic primary

Declared

• Debra DiDonato, South Toms River Democratic Chair^[4]

Endorsements

District 11

See also: New Jersey's 11th legislative district.

Republican primary

District 12

See also: New Jersey's 12th legislative district.

Republican primary

Declared

• Robert D. Clifton, incumbent Assemblymember^[15]
• Alex Sauickie, incumbent Assemblymember^[15]

Democratic primary

District 13

See also: New Jersey's 13th legislative district.

Democratic primary

District 14

See also: New Jersey's 14th legislative district.

Republican primary

District 15

See also: New Jersey's 15th legislative district.

Republican primary

District 16

See also: New Jersey's 16th legislative district.

Republican primary

District 17

See also: New Jersey's 17th legislative district.

Democratic primary

Declared

• Joseph Danielsen, incumbent Assemblymember^[16]
• Kevin Egan, incumbent Assemblymember^[16]
• Loretta Rivers, Piscataway school board member^[16]

Endorsements

Republican primary

District 18

See also: New Jersey's 18th legislative district.

Republican primary

District 19

See also: New Jersey's 19th legislative district.

Republican primary

District 20

See also: New Jersey's 20th legislative district.

Republican primary

District 21

See also: New Jersey's 21st legislative district.

Republican primary

Declared

• Michele Matsikoudis, incumbent Assemblymember^[17]
• Nancy Munoz, incumbent Assemblymember^[17]
• Steve Spurr, former Chair of the Summit Republicans^[18]

Declined

• Jennifer Asay, Mayor of Bernards (endorsed Matsikoudis and Munoz)^[18]

Endorsements

Democratic primary

Declared

• Andrew Macurdy, lawyer^[19]

District 22

See also: New Jersey's 22nd legislative district.

Republican primary

District 23

See also: New Jersey's 23rd legislative district.

Republican primary

Declared

• John DiMaio, incumbent Assemblyman (2009–present) and Assembly Minority Leader (2022–present)^[20]
• Erik Peterson, incumbent Assemblyman (2009–present)^[20]

Announcement pending

• Nicholas Carra, Mayor of Raritan^[20]

Endorsements

Democratic primary

District 24

See also: New Jersey's 24th legislative district.

Republican primary

Declared

• Dawn Fantasia, incumbent Assemblywoman^[21]
• Mike Inganamort, incumbent Assemblyman^[21]

Endorsements

Democratic primary

Declared

• Steve Barratt, activist^[4]

Endorsements

District 25

See also: New Jersey's 25th legislative district.

Republican primary

Declared

• Christian Barranco, incumbent Assemblyman^[22]
• Aura K. Dunn, incumbent Assemblywoman^[22]

Endorsements

Democratic primary

Declared

• Steve Pylypchuk, Morristown Councilmember^[16]

Endorsements

District 26

See also: New Jersey's 26th legislative district.

Democratic primary

District 27

See also: New Jersey's 27th legislative district.

Republican primary

District 28

See also: New Jersey's 28th legislative district.

Democratic primary

Declared

• Garnet Hall, incumbent Assemblymember^[23]

Potential

• Bobby Brown, South Orange Trustee and former NFL player^[23]
• Hasani Council, Newark Board of Education member
• Frank McGehee, former Mayor of Maplewood and candidate for this district in 2023^[23]
• Chigozie Onyema, former Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs^[23]
• Cleopatra Tucker, incumbent Assemblymember

Declined

• Dupré Kelly, Newark Municipal Councilmember from the West Ward^[23]

Republican primary

District 29

See also: New Jersey's 29th legislative district.

Republican primary

District 30

See also: New Jersey's 30th legislative district.

Democratic primary

District 31

See also: New Jersey's 31st legislative district.

Democratic primary

Declared

• Barbara McCann Stamato, incumbent Assemblymember

Potential

• William Sampson, incumbent Assemblymember

Endorsements

Republican primary

District 32

See also: New Jersey's 32nd legislative district.

Democratic primary

Declared

• Katie Brennan, former chief of staff for the New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency^[24]
• Jessica Ramirez, incumbent Assemblymember

Potential

• John Allen, incumbent Assemblymember
• Ron Bautista, marketing executive^[24]
• Ravinder Bhalla, Mayor of Hoboken (2018–present) and candidate for New Jersey's 8th congressional district in 2024^[25]

Endorsements

Republican primary

District 33

See also: New Jersey's 33rd legislative district.

Democratic primary

Declared

• Hector Oseguera, lawyer and candidate for New Jersey's 8th congressional district in 2020^[26]

Potential

• Julio Marenco, incumbent Assemblymember^[27]
• Gabe Rodriguez, incumbent Assemblymember
• Larry Wainstein, businessman and candidate for Mayor of North Bergen in 2015, 2019, and 2023^[27]

Endorsements

Republican primary

District 34

See also: New Jersey's 34th legislative district.

Democratic primary

Decalred

• Brittany Claybrooks, former East Orange Councilwoman and candidate for NJ–10 in the 2024 special election^[28]
• Frank Vélez III, Belleville Councilman^[28]

Potential

• Carmen Morales, incumbent Assemblywoman
• Michael Venezia, incumbent Assemblyman

Endorsements

Republican primary

District 35

See also: New Jersey's 35th legislative district.

Democratic primary

Potential

• Alaa Abdelaziz, Paterson City Councilmember and Paterson Democratic Municipal Co-Chair^[29]
• Andre Sayegh, Mayor of Paterson (2018–present)^[29]
• Shavonda E. Sumter, incumbent Assemblymember
• Benjie E. Wimberly, incumbent Assemblymember

Republican primary

District 36

See also: New Jersey's 36th legislative district.

Democratic primary

Filed paperwork

• Clinton Calabrese, incumbent assemblyman^[30]
• Gary Schaer, incumbent assemblyman^[30]

Republican primary

Declared

• Chris Musto, former Lyndhurst school board member^[30]

District 37

See also: New Jersey's 37th legislative district.

Democratic primary

Declared

• Daniel Park, Tenafly Councilmember^[31]
• Tamar Warburg, attorney^[31]

Potential

• Shama Haider, incumbent Assemblywoman
• Ellen Park, incumbent Assemblywoman

Endorsements

Republican primary

District 38

See also: New Jersey's 38th legislative district.

Democratic primary

Declared

• Donald Bonamo, attorney and South Hackensack zoning board member^[16]
• Lisa Swain, incumbent Assemblymember^[16]
• Chris Tully, incumbent Assemblymember^[16]

Endorsements

Republican primary

District 39

See also: New Jersey's 39th legislative district.

Republican primary

Declared

• Robert Auth, incumbent Assemblyman (2014-present) and Old Tappan GOP Municipal Chair^[32]
• John V. Azzariti, incumbent Assemblyman (2024-present), former Saddle River Councilman (2020-2023)^[32]
• Ward Donigian, Mahwah Councilman (2023-present, 1995-2002) and GOP County Committeeman^[32]
• Jon Kurpis, Saddle River Councilman (2024-present), GOP Municipal Chair, District 39 GOP Vice Chair, and candidate for this seat in 2021^[33]

Formed exploratory committee

• Frank Pallotta, former investment banker, Mahwah GOP County Committeeman, and nominee for New Jersey's 5th congressional district in 2020 and 2022^[34]

Democratic primary

District 40

See also: New Jersey's 40th legislative district.

Republican primary

Declared

• Al Barlas, incumbent Assemblyman^[35]
• Christopher DePhillips, incumbent Assemblyman^[35]

Endorsements

Democratic primary

• Ron Arnau, former Woodland Park Councilmember^[4]

Endorsements

See also

• 2025 New Jersey gubernatorial election

Notes and References

1. Web site: New Jersey Secretary of State. state.nj.us. en.
2. Web site: Legislative Roster. njleg.state.nj.us. New Jersey Office of Legislative Services. August 2, 2024.
3. Web site: Fulop taps three more Assembly candidates in South Jersey. Wildstein. David. August 9, 2024. August 9, 2024. New Jersey Globe.
4. Web site: Fulop adds six more Assembly candidates. Wildstein. David. November 15, 2024. November 15, 2024. New Jersey Globe.
5. Web site: Fulop adds two more Assembly candidates in South Jersey. Wildstein. David. August 2, 2024. August 2, 2024. New Jersey Globe.
6. Web site: Besides her Senate seat, Pou’s committee chair, leadership post and Judiciary seat are up for grabs. Wildstein. David. September 3, 2024. September 18, 2024. New Jersey Globe.
7. Web site: Gillespie will seek Conaway’s Assembly seat. Wildstein. David. November 18, 2024. November 18, 2024. New Jersey Globe.
8. Web site: The race is on for Conaway’s Assembly seat as Singh launches campaign. Blackburn. Fox. Zach. Joey. November 12, 2024. November 12, 2024. New Jersey Globe.
9. Web site: Burlington Dems back caretaker plan to replace Conaway in Assembly. Wildstein. David. New Jersey Globe. November 22, 2024. November 22, 2024.
10. Web site: Conaway defeats Mohan in race to represent New Jersey’s 3rd Congressional District. Burns. P. Kenneth. November 6, 2024. November 23, 2024. WHYY-FM.
11. Web site: New Jersey Constitution. New Jersey Legislature. November 23, 2024.
12. Web site: Balvir Singh says he’ll run for Conaway’s unexpired Assembly term. Wildstein. David. November 22, 2024. November 23, 2024. New Jersey Globe.
13. Web site: Gillespie won’t seek Conaway’s unexpired term, backs caretaker plan. Wildstein. David. November 23, 2024. November 23, 2024. New Jersey Globe.
14. Web site: Fulop taps Evesham councilman for Assembly in primary against South Jersey Dems. Wildstein. David. New Jersey Globe. July 30, 2024. August 2, 2024.
15. Web site: Clifton, Sauickie will both seek reelection. Blackburn. Zach. September 24, 2024. September 24, 2024. New Jersey Globe.
16. Web site: Fulop taps three more Assembly candidates. Wildstein. David. November 25, 2024. November 25, 2024. New Jersey Globe.
17. Web site: Muñoz, Matsikoudis will seek re-election. Wildstein. David. November 12, 2024. November 12, 2024. New Jersey Globe.
18. Web site: Ex-Summit GOP leader will take on incumbents in 21st district GOP primary. November 16, 2024. November 16, 2024. Wildstein. David. New Jersey Globe.
19. Web site: Ex-prosecutor Andrew Macurdy will take on Muñoz and Matsikoudis. Wildstein. David. November 11, 2024. November 11, 2024. New Jersey Globe.
20. Web site: Somerset GOP looking to pick up an Assembly seat. November 15, 2024. November 16, 2024. Wildstein. David. New Jersey Globe.
21. Web site: GOP leaders back Fantasia, Inganamort for second term. November 11, 2024. November 12, 2024. New Jersey Globe. Wildstein. David.
22. Web site: Dunn, Barranco announce endorsement slate. Blackburn. Zach. November 12, 2024. November 13, 2024. New Jersey Globe.
23. Web site: Garnet Hall will run again, but still no word from Tucker. Wildstein. David. September 23, 2024. September 23, 2024. New Jersey Globe. }
24. Web site: Katie Brennan launches bid for State Assembly seat. Wildstein. David. October 24, 2024. October 24, 2024. New Jersey Globe.
25. Web site: Hudson County Confidential: The Sharp Elbowed Road to 2025. Pizarro. Max. September 18, 2024. September 18, 2024.
26. Web site: Fulop touts Union City’s Oseguera as ‘phenomenal candidate’ for Assembly in LD-33. Heinis. John. August 12, 2024. August 18, 2024. Hudson County View.
27. Web site: Stack won’t back Marenco for Assembly. August 2, 2024. Wildstein. David. New Jersey Globe. August 5, 2024.
28. Web site: Vélez, Claybrooks will seek 34th district Assembly seats on Fulop slate. Wildstein. David. November 12, 2024. November 12, 2024. New Jersey Globe.
29. Web site: Pascrell’s death could cause musical chairs in Passaic County. Wildstein. David. August 26, 2024. September 18, 2024. New Jersey Globe.
30. Web site: Republican launches Assembly bid in 36th district. Blackburn. Zach. November 26, 2024. November 26, 2024. New Jersey Globe.
31. Web site: Fulop recruits primary challengers to Haider and Park in 37th district. October 28, 2024. October 28, 2024. Wildstein. David. New Jersey Globe.
32. Web site: Mahwah councilman joins 39th district GOP Assembly race. Wildstein. David. November 3, 2024. November 3, 2024. New Jersey Globe.
33. Web site: Kurpis enters race for GOP Assembly nod in ’25. Wildstein. David. November 2, 2024. November 2, 2024. New Jersey Globe.
34. Web site: Pallotta expected to seek GOP Assembly nod in bid to unseat Auth. Wildstein. David. November 1, 2024. November 1, 2024. New Jersey Globe.
35. Web site: DePhillips, Barlas launch re-election bids in 40th. November 7, 2024. November 8, 2024. Wildstein. David. New Jersey Globe.